Verifiability of diagnostic categories and work ability in the context of disability pension award: A survey on "gatekeeping" among general practitioners in Norway

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Overland, Rein ^a   Overland, Simon ^a   Johansen, Kristian Nyborg ^a   Mykletun, Arnstein ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MYALGIA; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENSION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; WORK CAPACITY; ADULT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PENSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 44049106210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-137     Document Type: Article

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